Picnic cloth holder



Aug. 4, 1953 s. J. DxsERA PICNIC CLOTH HOLDER Filed NOV. 24, 1950 I r1 rentar Samuel J Disera B l' mi.

WWW @m Patented Aug. 4, 1953 PICNIC CLOTH HOLDER Application N ovember 2li, 1950, Serial No. 197,420

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This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structural refinements in holders for picnic cloths, etc., and the principal object oi the invention is to provide a device of the character herein described, which may be conveniently and eectively employed for securing picnic cloths, napkins, etc., to the ground.

This object is achieved by the provision of a h-older which embodies in its construction a peg adapted to be pressed in the ground and provided with a laterally projecting head, while a keeper is pivotally attached to the peg under the hear and is intended to receive a portion of the cloth so as to firmly sustain the same in position between the head and the ground.

An important feature of the invention, thereiore, resides in the structural arrangement of the peg including the keeper, while another feature involves the provision of means whereby the peg may be expeditiously withdrawn from the ground when the use thereof is no longer desired.

Some of the advantages of the invention lie in its simplicity of construction, in its eri-cient operation, in its pleasing appearance, and in its adaptability to economical manufacture.

With the above more important objects and features in View, and such other objects and features as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective View of the invention in use;

Figure 12 is a sectional detail, taken substantially along the plane of the line 2-2 in Figure l; and Figure 8 is a perspective view of the invention per se.

Like characters oi reference are employed to designate like parts in the specication through- K out the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings and detail, the invention consists of a picnic cloth holder which is designated generally by the reierence character l0 and embodies in its construc 'f tion a downwardly tapered peg l2 which is adapted to be pressed almost entirely into the ground as shown in Figure 2 and is provided at the upper end thereof with a laterally projecting, enlarged head til having a substantially ilat under surface A keeper i8 comprises a substantially U-shaped wire rod having inturned, opposing free end portions 20 rotatably positioned in opposite end portions of a transverse bore 22 which is formed in the upper portion of the peg ii adjacent to the head irl, whereby the keeper i8 may be swung upwardly and downwardly relative to the peg, as indicated at 2li in Figure 3.

When in operation, a corner portion 26 of a picnic cloth 28 is passed through the keeper i8 and doubled under itself, whereupon the peg i2 is pressed into the ground so that the corner portion of the picnic cloth is frictionally clamped between the ground and the i'lat under surface i0 of the head It, thus iirmly sustaining the picnic cloth in position.

Needless to say, several holders are employed for this purpose, preferably one at each corner of the cloth, and means are provided for expeditiously withdrawing the pegs from the ground when the use of the invention is no longer desired, these means comprising a loop-shaped wire member 30 which is similar to the keeper i8 and is pivotally mounted on the peg i2 adjacent the keeper i8 under the head Iii, as shown. When the holder is in use, the member 3E] simply lies ilatly on the ground as shown in Figures l and 2, but when the peg l2 of the holder is to be withdrawn, the member 30 is swung upwardly as shown at 82 in Figure 2, so that it aiords a loop or finger piece for pulling the peg out of the ground.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be clearly understood from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, further description thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A. picnic cloth holder, comprising a downwardly tapered peg adapted to be pressed in the ground, a laterally projecting enlarged head provided at the upper end of said peg and having a substantially fiat undersuriace, and a substantially loop-shaped keeper swingably attached to said peg' under said head, whereby a corner portion of a cloth may be inserted in the keeper, and frictionally held between the undersurface of said head and the ground.

2. The device as defined in claim l wherein said peg is provided under said head with a transverse bore, said keeper comprising a substantially U-shaped wire rod having inturned opposing free end portions rotatably positioned in opposite end portions of said bore, the bight portion oi said rod being engageable with the underside of said head.

SAMUEL J. DISERA.

References Cited in the ille of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 

